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Engorged Adult Deer Tick (33651733580)

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Description: This engorged female adult deer tick, or Ixodes scapularis , was collected in Annapolis, Maryland. Deer ticks are also called blacklegged ticks and can transmit the pathogen that causes tickborne diseases such babesiosis and Lyme disease. Credit: NIAID. Date: 14 April 2017, 15:28. Source: Engorged Adult Deer Tick. Author: NIAID.

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